'Sensed He Felt Underappreciated': Uthappa On Shreyas Iyer's KKR Captaincy Stint

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Last Updated:May 27, 2025, 20:14 IST

Robin Uthappa believes Shreyas Iyer is an underappreciated skipper contempt his occurrence with KKR and PBKS.

Shreyas Iyer. (Sportzpics Photo)

The erstwhile Indian cricketer, Robin Uthappa feels that determination is the wide thought that Punjab Kings’ Shreyas Iyer has ever been underappreciated arsenic the captain, Be if for Mumbai, KKR and PBKS, determination hasn’t overmuch talks connected his enactment adjacent erstwhile the likes of Rohit and Kohli are down to playing conscionable 1 format.

“Shreyas has ever been an exceptional captain. You ever sensed that helium felt underappreciated astatine KKR contempt adding worth there. He moved to a franchise wherever not overmuch had been achieved historically, and past went connected to triumph it for them. That says a batch astir his enactment and belief," Uthappa said successful a speech with JioHotstar.

Ricky Ponting, the caput manager of the franchise, besides reflected connected his narration with the prima during his young days erstwhile the 2 were portion of the Delhi Capitals.

“I’ve known him arsenic a idiosyncratic and arsenic a subordinate for a agelong time. He’s a prime person, and erstwhile you’ve got prime radical astir your team, erstwhile you’re trying to marque a quality and you’re trying to alteration culture, that’s what you need," Ponting said successful a JioHotstar interrogation aft MI’s win, arsenic quoted by India Today.

“If you spoke to the players individually, I deliberation each azygous 1 of them would springiness Shreyas a large rap due to the fact that helium has spent a batch of clip with them. He’s pumped them up, he’s fixed them a pat connected the backmost erstwhile they needed it, and he’s fixed them a footwear successful the pants erstwhile they’ve needed it arsenic well, which is simply a motion of a truly bully and beardown leader," helium added.

Uthappa is backing some RCB and PBKS to travel retired victorious arsenic some franchises are eyeing their archetypal rubric successful their past successful the tournament. A triumph for RCB successful their last league-stage fixture against Lucknow Super Giants volition guarantee that they unafraid a spot for Qualifier 1, a lucifer betwixt the apical 2 teams wherever the victor goes straight to the final, whilst the loser is capable to get different changeable astatine the last via the Eliminator 2.

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